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George Kirby tosses 6 solid innings, Mariners snap 5-game skid with 10-3 win over Pirates

Cal Raleigh belted his 27th home run of the season

By WES CROSBY, Associated Press

Published: August 18, 2024, 2:18pm

Seattle Mariners starting pitcher George Kirby delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — George Kirby worked six solid innings and the Seattle Mariners ended a five-game skid with a 10-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.

Kirby (9-9) pitched five shutout innings and allowed two runs and four hits, striking out five and walking two. The 26-yeare-old right-hander rebounded after surrendering 11 runs and 12 hits in 3 2/3 innings his last time out, a 15-1 loss at Detroit on Aug. 13.

The Mariners, who scored a total of nine runs their previous five games, scored in four of the first five innings and went on to hand the Pirates their 13th loss in 16 games.

Cal Raleigh put Seattle ahead with a two-run, opposite-field homer in the first inning, driving his 27th homer of the season 367 feet over the Clemente Wall in right off Jake Woodford (0-5).

Victor Robles added two runs in the second with a double down the left-field line.

Josh Rojas led off a three-run fourth inning with a 408-foot home run to center. Leo Rivas scored when third baseman Jared Triolo tossed a possible double-play ball off the bat of Julio Rodríguez into right field. Robles scored on a sacrifice fly from Luke Raley.

Woodford went four innings, giving up seven runs on nine hits, before Ryder Ryan allowed a solo home run to Dominic Canzone with one out in the fifth.

Pittsburgh didn’t get to Kirby until the sixth. Joey Bart sent a fastball 430 feet to right-center for a two-run homer, cutting the Pirates’ deficit to 8-2 with his career-high 12th homer of the season.

Rivas drove in the second of two seventh-inning runs for the Mariners with a two-out single.

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Pirates: RHP Jared Jones (right lat strain) will make at least one more rehab start with Triple-A Indianapolis, general manager Ben Cherington said during his weekly radio appearance. The 23-year-old rookie was 5-6 with a 3.56 ERA in 16 starts before going on the 15-day injured list on July 4.

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Mariners: RHP Bryan Woo (5-1, 2.06) will take the mound Monday in Los Angeles, opposite Dodgers RHP Gavin Stone (10-5, 3.63).

Pirates: RHP Luis Ortiz (5-3, 3.41) will start at Texas on Monday. The Rangers have not announced a starter.

Mariners 10, Pirates 3

Seattle	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Robles cf	4	1	2	2	1	1	.281
Rodríguez dh	5	1	1	0	0	1	.264
Raleigh c	5	1	1	2	0	1	.211
Raley lf	3	1	2	1	0	1	.236
Polanco 2b	4	0	1	0	0	2	.219
1-Moore pr-2b	1	1	0	0	0	0	.199
Turner 1b	4	0	1	0	0	0	.188
Canzone rf	5	1	1	1	0	0	.208
Rojas 3b	4	2	2	1	1	1	.233
Rivas ss	4	2	2	1	1	0	.225
Totals	39	10	13	8	3	7

Pittsburgh	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg.
Kiner-Falefa 2b	3	0	0	0	0	0	.281
a-Williams ph-2b	1	1	1	0	0	0	.222
Reynolds dh	4	0	0	0	0	1	.281
Cruz ss	4	1	2	0	0	1	.261
Bart c	4	1	1	2	0	0	.277
Tellez 1b	4	0	0	0	0	0	.247
De La Cruz lf	3	0	0	0	0	1	.196
b-Joe ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	.233
M.Taylor cf	4	0	0	0	0	2	.202
Bae rf	3	0	1	0	0	0	.197
Triolo 3b	1	0	0	0	2	0	.200
Totals	32	3	5	2	2	5

Seattle	220	310	200_10	13	0
Pittsburgh	000	002	010_3	5	2

a-doubled for Kiner-Falefa in the 8th. b-flied out for De La Cruz in the 9th.

1-ran for Polanco in the 7th.

E_Cruz (24), Triolo (2). LOB_Seattle 8, Pittsburgh 4. 2B_Robles (9), Cruz (27), Williams (2). HR_Raleigh (27), off Woodford; Rojas (7), off Woodford; Canzone (8), off Ryan; Bart (12), off Kirby. RBIs_Raleigh 2 (78), Robles 2 (11), Rojas (24), Raley (39), Canzone (15), Rivas (5), Bart 2 (36). SB_Moore (23). SF_Raley.

Runners left in scoring position_Seattle 5 (Raley, Canzone 2, Rodríguez 2); Pittsburgh 2 (Reynolds, De La Cruz). RISP_Seattle 2 for 10; Pittsburgh 0 for 7.

Runners moved up_Canzone, Kiner-Falefa, Cruz. GIDP_Canzone.

DP_Pittsburgh 1 (Cruz, Tellez).

Seattle	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Kirby, W, 9-9	6	4	2	2	2	5	97	3.40
Snider	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	1.08
Voth	1	1	1	0	0	0	14	3.06
T.Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	2.70

Pittsburgh	IP		H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Woodford, L, 0-3	4		9	7	5	1	4	91	4.82
Ryan	2	2-3	4	3	3	1	1	43	5.66
Heller	1	1-3	0	0	0	1	1	20	13.50
Beeks	1		0	0	0	0	1	9	1.29

Inherited runners-scored_Heller 2-0. HBP_Ryan (Turner), Heller (Raley). WP_Woodford. PB_Raleigh (5).

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Umpires_Home, Stu Scheuwater; First, Mark Carlson; Second, Dan Merzel; Third, Jordan Baker.

T_2:46. A_24,903 (38,753).

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Mariners 10, Pirates 3

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